Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-04-19

Taomss W. Kuo1s Life and Work OF
Henry Ward Bescher has already taken
rank as the standard Life % this famous
MAJ. tisA complete, s1thsutic and I'm.
partial record OF Mr.. Beccher's pablo
career and private life from the cradle 10
The grave.
n tells OF bis birth place and early home
OF hi. boyhOOi and youth how be cont m
plated running away Ia sss and TIE pfspa-
rsiious be mate for IL, OF bis college days
and the pranks be played, OF his marriage;
OF hl. work ~ . country minister; OF bis
lsbor. Tor The dOwn.irodden slave OF his
art A. q preacher, OF bis power /. an
orator; Of hi. work In Esglsbd dafipg
our civil war. OF his editorial and pOliu.
cal WORK; % PiymOath Church; Of The
great scandal and the charges made by
Theodore Tilion; Of the memorable trial
that followed; OF bis travels In Earope
OF bis Illness, death, etc.
The suihor uArratss Mr.. Beeeher's strgg.
glss and experiences While poor country
minister. when his entire income vas less
than three hundred dollars per snnum, O
part OF which Was paid In corn. potatoes,
and other products Of tie soil. lie tells
how ~ his period In bis lie. when an
increasing family compelled him 90 bald .
larger house 10 live ip, be hauled the logs
himself, and bis nslghbors aided him 10
pat IL Up. The whitewash and paint be
applied himself lie chopped the wood,
drew The water. peeled the potatoes. cook.
ed the food, served IL, washed the dishes,
and cleaned up the house. lie performed
all these duties and yet rode twenty miles
through the woods and across the prairie
10 The log schoolhouse In which religious
service Was held. preached, rode back
sgslu, cooked the dinner, preached In his
osn church. returned To nurse bis sick
wife and attend 10 the children; got the
supper. aud spen, the evening In his own
prsyer-mesting.
At the height OF bis fame II would have
been impossible 10 rad q man on the face
Of the earth on whom the SUI OF fortune
shOne more brilliantly than on Henry
Ward Beeeher. His irfasnee Was great;
his Income was enormous he was In great
demand ss = leturer and spesksr. Soon.
the bresih OF scandal spread over the land
suspicious were excited; the scandal
grew fr.ende were estrsbgedi the church
WAS In arms and the country rang with
sensational stories, and he Outcome WAS
. suit for 500. 900 damages. brought BY
Theodore Tlton against Beecher. The
Trial lasted six months. The jary did not
sgrea Mr. Bsecher's expenses alone Ia
thl. great trial were over 800 900. The
story Is fully told In this volume. 10 e,-
err ehspter The author wesves In anecdote
sfisr snecdoie. incident amer incident,
story amer story.
The Zoe stsel-plats portrait OF Mr..
Beecher Il from . photograph taken Jast
before bis death. IL also contains q nne
portrait OF Mrs. Beeehsr and many other
doe sngrayiugs. In short, the volume
itself 10 every Que at sight. be-
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